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(No Model.) v J.v M. BASINGER.

. K Y `'1211MB CAREER. i Y Y No. 260,523. Patented July 4, l1882.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMEs M. BAsrNGER, OF BUFFALO, New YORK, AssiGN-,OF OF Two-Tulane rro WILLIAM o. LETOHWOFTH AND OGDFN P. LFTOHWORTH, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

*TRACE-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 260,523, dated July 4, 1882.

v Application ined May 9, 1892. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES M. BAsINGER, of the city of Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Trace-Carriers, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of trace-carriers which are provided with hooks or tongues `to which the cockeyes ro are attached; and theobject of my invention is to produce a trace-carrier of this class which is simple in construction,` and in which a cockeye can be readily engaged with such hook, and when placed thereon will be securely held 1 5 against accidental displacemcnt,while the cockeye can be readily detached when desired. My invention consists of the peculiar construction of the trace-carrier, as will' be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the 2o claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of my improved tracecarrier. Fig. 2 is atop plan View thereof. Fig. 3 is an elevation at right angles to Fig. 1.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several gures.

A represents thering or circular frame which forms the lbase of the trace-carrier, and which is secured to the harness in any suitable and 3o well-known manner.

B represents a raised or elevated frame,which extends in the form of an arch across the basering A, and which is cast with or otherwise secured to the latter. The raised frame B is pro- 3 5 vided on opposite sides with inwardly and upwardly projecting tongues, hooks, or studs c, which rise from horizontal pieces d or from thev base-rin g A', as maybe preferred. Eachtongue,l

c projects into an opening, E, formed in the 4o raised frame B. The uppermost part, f, of this opening is located above the point or upper end of the tongue, and is made of such Width that a cockcye can be introduced into this portion of the opening with the atside of the 4 5 cockeye at right angles to the tongue, or thereabout, and be lowered into the raised frame B a sufficient distance to permit the opening of the cockeye to be engaged over the tongue.

The opening E is contracted near the middle of the tongue c, as shown at g, by pieces h, pro- 5o jecting toward the tongue to such an extent that only the narrow inner portion of the cockeye can pass through this contracted space. The openingE is again enlarged on both sides ofthe base or root of the tongue, as shown at i, so that the widest portion of the cockeye can rest in this portion of the opening.

The trace-carrier is secured to the harness by attaching the back and crupper straps to the portions k Zof thering A, respectively, and 6o the hip-straps to the portions m ot' the ring, or

Ain anyv other suitable manner. The cockeye is Vattached tothe trace-carrier by inserting the cockeye into the upper enlarged portion, f, of the opening E, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, and engaging the openingof the cockeye over the tongue o, with the innerV narrow end of the opening resting against the tongue. The cockeye is then moved along the tongue toward the base thereof, whereby the narrow 7o portion of the cockeye passes through the contracted portion g of the opening E until the cockeye rests on the bar d, to which the tongue c is attached. In this position of the cockeye, which is represented in full lines in Fig. 1 and 7 5 in dotted lines in Fig. 2, the tongue projects through the opening of the cockeye and prevents the cockeye from moving outward, and the projecting pieces h overlap the sides of the cockeye and prevent the cockeye from moving 8o upward, and in this manner the cockeye is firmly attached to the carrier and prevented from becoming accidentally detached in moving the harness about. The cockeye is, however, easily disconnected from the carrier,when 8 5 desired, by moving the'cockeye inwardly or toward the center of the ring A until the narrow end of the opening of the cockeye rests against the tongue, and then raising the cockeye along the tongue, whereby the narrow por- 9o tion ofthe cockeye passes upwardly through the contracted portion g-of the opening E, and nally lifting the cockeye out of the upper enlarged portion, f, of the opening E. If the narrowest port-ion of the cockeye is somewhat wider than the contracted portion g of the opening E, the cockeye is slightly tipped or placed in a. laterally-inclined position in passing it through this contracted space. Myimproved trace-carrier is therefore adapted to receive and hold securely coekeyes which vary somewhat in their size. The tongues c are depressed below the surface of the elevated frame B, and the trace-carrier has therefore no projecting parts which are liable to catch the tail ot` the animal or which would be liable to catch in objects in moving the harness about.

My improved trace-carrier is readily cast complete of malleable iron or other suitable metal.

Iclaim as my invention- JAMES M. BASINGER. Witnesses:

JN0. J. BONNER, EDW. J. BRADY. 

